Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands

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monarchical representative political office viceregal office

The Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands was the monarch’s chief representative who exercised supreme civil and military authority over the Habsburg-controlled Low Countries.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monarchical representative → political office → viceregal office →
appliesToJurisdiction	Austrian Netherlands NERFINISHED → Low Countries → Spanish Netherlands →
appointedBy	Archduke of Austria → Holy Roman Emperor → King of Spain →
cooperatedWith	Council of Finance of the Habsburg Netherlands → Council of State of the Habsburg Netherlands → Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands →
country	Habsburg Netherlands →
hasJurisdictionOver	Brabant NERFINISHED → Flanders NERFINISHED → Hainaut → Limburg → Luxembourg → Mechelen NERFINISHED → Namur NERFINISHED → Upper Guelders →
historicalPeriod	Early modern period →
officeHolderOf	supreme civil authority in the Habsburg Netherlands → supreme military authority in the Habsburg Netherlands →
partOf	Austrian Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED → Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED → Spanish Empire →
positionHeldBy	Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen → Albert VII, Archduke of Austria → Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma → Charles Alexander of Lorraine → Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba → Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain → John of Austria the Younger → Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria → Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy NERFINISHED → Margaret of Parma NERFINISHED → Maria Christina of Austria, Duchess of Teschen NERFINISHED → Mary of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia → Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria → Prince Eugene of Savoy →
residence	Brussels →
role	commander-in-chief of the armed forces in the Low Countries → head of the provincial administration → representative of the Habsburg monarch →
seatOfGovernment	Coudenberg Palace →
usedLanguage	French → Latin → Spanish →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma → Duke of Alba (governor-general) → John of Austria (the Elder) ("Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands") → Margaret of Parma ("Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands") → Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ("Stadtholder of the Austrian Netherlands") →	positionHeld
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ("Governorship of the Austrian Netherlands") →	knownFor